Film Review — The Color Purple
Solidly put together, but the subject matter of Alice Walker’s novel feels ill at ease with the upbeat musical treatment
This new musical film version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, adapted from a stage show by Marsha Norman, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, went largely overlooked in the Oscar nominations, save for a Supporting Actress nod for Danielle Brooks. I see why, as I found The Color Purple to be a slightly s…
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